The Life of Vergie Winters (1934)

Film Music Structure for The Life of Vergie Winters

Number	Scene Type	Time	Theme	Variant	On-screen
1	opening title sequence	0:00:00	RKO Tower		Beeping RKO radio tower
2		0:00:09	Lullaby		Starring cast list
3	funeral	0:01:12	Funeral March		A funeral march
4		0:02:32	Lullaby + Funeral March		Vergie in her jail cell
5	establish setting	0:03:31	London Bridge is Falling Down		Children dancing in a circle
6		0:03:37	Yankee Doodle		Children playing
7		0:03:43	Kuckuck, Kuckuck		An old car drives by
8		0:03:48	Everybody's Doing It Now		Horses and buggies in a small town street
9	establish character	0:04:07	Lullaby	Slowly	Vergie working in a shop window
10	advance plot	0:12:17	There'll Be a Hot Time in the Old Town Tonight		People rallying for John Shadwell
11		0:13:48	For He's a Jolly Good Fellow		Political rally for John Shadwell
12		0:17:47	Oh! You Beautiful Doll		People in a bar
13		0:27:51	Lullaby	Hospital Scene	The sign for a hospital
14	montage	0:28:39	Watch on the Rhine	Headlines	Montage of newspaper headlines
15		0:28:45	Rule, Britannia! + La Marseillaise	Headlines + Headlines	Montage of newspaper headlines
16		0:28:48	La Marseillaise		Montage of newspaper headlines
17	advance plot	0:28:55	Ida (Sweet As Apple Cider)		People in a bar
18		0:30:32	Semper Fidelis		A march is played outside
19	love scene	0:32:18	Lullaby	Not in Score	Vergie and John look at a baby picture
20	advance plot	0:36:28	Lullaby	Park	Nurse and baby in the park
21		0:40:06	Darktown Strutters' Ball		Sadie and Mike in a bar
22	montage	0:45:45	Lullaby	Military Band	Newspaper montage
23		0:45:52	Over There	Military Band	Newspaper montage
24		0:46:01	Stars and Stripes Forever	Military Band	Newspaper montage
25		0:46:04	Stars and Stripes Forever	Allegro	Newspaper montage
26	advance plot	0:50:31	Lullaby	Joan	Joan enters Vergie's shop
27		0:51:06	Underscoring (Gentle)		Joan talks with Vergie
28		0:51:39	Lullaby	Delicato	Joan talks with Vergie
29		0:51:52	Underscoring (Gentle)		Vergie gives Joan a fan
30		0:52:06	Lullaby	Solo Violin	Vergie gets a ribbon for Joan
31		0:52:30	Lullaby	Strings	Vergie puts a ribbon in Joan's hair
32	love scene	0:53:43	Lullaby	Sentimental	Vergie talks with John by the lake
33		0:53:59	Lullaby	Flowing	John talks with Vergie by the lake
34		0:54:14	Lullaby	Somber	Vergie listens to John
35		0:54:24	Lullaby	Quasi Appassionato	John expresses his love for Vergie
36		0:54:53	Lullaby	Poco Con Moto	Joan and Vergie talk about the future
37		1:00:07	Old Lavender		Joan and Ranny talk
38		1:00:46	Here Comes the Bride		Joan and Ranny talk about marriage
39	conflict	1:00:58	Lullaby	Clarinet Solo	John and Laura talk about Joan
40		1:01:27	Lullaby	Agitated	John and Laura argue about Joan
41		1:02:11	Old Lavender		Joan and Ranny enter
42		1:02:43	Old Lavender	Celeste Solo	John paces around
43		1:02:52	Underscoring (Lyrical)		Laura reveals that Joan is adopted
44		1:03:02	Lullaby	Adagio	Joan reacts
45		1:03:33	Lullaby	Harp Solo	John tells Joan about her parents
46		1:04:31	Old Lavender	Allegretto	Ranny reacts to the revelation
47		1:04:45	Old Lavender	Gentle	Ranny takes the ring back from Joan
48		1:05:05	Here Comes the Bride	Slow	Ranny re-proposes to Joan
49		1:05:11	Lullaby	Dolcissimo	Joan talks to Laura
50		1:05:26	Old Lavender	Ethereal	Ranny talks to Joan's parents
51		1:05:45	Lullaby	Tender	Ranny leaves with Joan
52		1:05:58	Lullaby	Doloroso	John talks with his wife Laura
53	advance plot	1:07:00	A Boy and a Girl		John and Vergie listen to the radio
54		1:08:00	Lullaby	Dolce	Vergie talks with John
55		1:08:38	Lullaby	Cello Solo	Vergie talks with John
56		1:09:39	Lullaby	Passionate	John and Vergie embrace
57	wedding	1:10:07	Lullaby + Here Comes the Bride		Vergie imagines the wedding
58	transition	1:17:11	Lullaby	Dark	Newspaper headline about John's murder
59	funeral	1:17:18	Funeral March		John's funeral procession
60		1:18:06	Lullaby + Funeral March	Ending + Ending	Vergie in her jail cell
61	montage	1:18:34	Lullaby	Allegro	Newspaper headline
62	resolution	1:19:04	Lullaby	Very Ethereal	Vergie exits the prison
63		1:21:03	Lullaby	Resolution	Joan talks about her mother
64		NIF	Lullaby	Resolution Not in Film